Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 New York
Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the
Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus Series for children
and the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series
for adults.

For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and
private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas.
In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the
school’s first Master Teacher Award.

His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the
mystery genre – the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus.

His first Percy Jackson book The Lightning
Thief was a New York Times Notable Book
for 2005. The Sea of Monsters was a Child
Magazine Best Book for Children for 2006 and a national
bestseller. The third title, The Titan’s Curse,
made the series a #1 New York Times bestseller,
and the fourth title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had
a first printing of one million copies. The series concluded
with The Last Olympian, which was also a major national
bestseller.

Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife
and two sons.

Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 New York
Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the
Olympians series and The Heroes of Olympus Series for children
and the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series
for adults.

For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and
private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas.
In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the
school’s first Master Teacher Award.

His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the
mystery genre – the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus.

His first Percy Jackson book The Lightning
Thief was a New York Times Notable Book
for 2005. The Sea of Monsters was a Child
Magazine Best Book for Children for 2006 and a national
bestseller. The third title, The Titan’s Curse,
made the series a #1 New York Times bestseller,
and the fourth title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had
a first printing of one million copies. The series concluded
with The Last Olympian, which was also a major national
bestseller.

Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife
and two sons.

At the conclusion of The Mark of Athena, Annabeth and Percy
tumble into a pit leading straight to the Underworld. The other
five demigods have to put aside their grief and follow Percy's
instructions to find the mortal side of the Doors of Death.

A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about
the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously. Because
I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to
know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they
ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will
be my good deed for the week.

Though the Greek and Roman crewmembers of the Argo
II have made progress in their many quests, they still
seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have
risen-all of them-and they're stronger than ever. They must be
stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two
demigods sacrificed in Athens.

All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the
Titans, knowing the odds of a victory are grim. Kronos’s army
is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he
recruits, the evil Titan’s power only grows.

While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster
Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount
Olympus stands virtually unguarded.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding
school . . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to
stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and
watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend.

When Percy Jackson receives an urgent distress call from his friend
Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he’ll
need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side;
his trusty bronze sword, Riptide; and . . . a ride from his mom.

Young Demigods,
Your Destiny Awaits.You must prepare yourself for a difficult future.
fighting monsters, adventuring across the globe, and dealing with
temperamental Greek and Roman gods. You’ll join your favorite
demigods from the Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus series as
they face dangerous foes and perilous tasks.